I am the friend of bears and the guest of eagles. I am Ringwinner and Luckwearer; and I am Barrel-rider.
J. R. R. TOLKIENA hunted man sometimes wearies of distrust and longs for friendship.
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I will not say: do not weep; for not all tears are an evil.
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I am in fact, a hobbit in all but size
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The way is shut. It was made by those who are Dead, and the Dead keep it, until the time comes. The way is shut.
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Some who have read the book, or at any rate have reviewed it, have found it boring, absurd, or contemptible, and I have no cause to complain, since I have similar opinions of their works, or of the kinds of writing that they evidently prefer.
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It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there’s no knowing where you might be swept off to.
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I am he that buries his friends alive and drowns them and draws them alive again from the water. I came from the end of a bag, but no bag went over me.
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From the ashes a fire shall be woken, A light from the shadows shall spring. Renewed shall be blade that was broken, the crownless again shall be king.
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I am looking for someone to share in an adventure that I am arranging, and it’s very difficult to find anyone.’
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A man that flies from his fear may find that he has only taken a short cut to meet it.
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How do you move on? You move on when your heart finally understands that there is no turning back.
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And he took her in his arms and kissed her under the sunlit sky, and he cared not that they stood high upon the walls in the sight of many.
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Fair speech may hide a foul heart.
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And then her heart changed, or at least she understood it; and the winter passed, and the sun shone upon her.
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There is nothing like looking, if you want to find something. You certainly usually find something, if you look, but it is not always quite the something you were after.
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What a pity that Bilbo did not stab that vile creature, when he had a chance!’
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